Senior Counsel, Policy

ROLE OVERVIEW

The Senior Counsel, in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Legal Officer, will be responsible for creating, implementing, driving, and maintaining the company’s legal priorities and strategy related to policy, regulatory, and energy storage, among others. This role will serve as the primary legal partner to the policy and energy storage teams and provide regulatory guidance across the company's development, finance, and operations functions. While this role will initially focus on supporting the policy and energy storage teams, the scope of responsibility may evolve and expand over time in response to business needs and the company’s growth.

This individual will lead legal analysis and strategy related to federal, state, and local regulatory matters affecting renewable energy and energy storage projects, including market participation, interconnection, permitting, procurement programs, and evolving policy frameworks. The role also includes responsibility for managing engagement in regulatory proceedings, including filing interventions, discovery, and testimony in close coordination with the policy team, management of outside counsel supporting such regulatory matters, and broader in-house legal support and special projects as assigned by the Chief Legal Officer.

The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in ambiguity, can translate complex regulatory regimes into practical business guidance, and demonstrates sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism when supporting complex internal matters that cut across legal, operational, and people-related considerations.

Most importantly, the ideal candidate is kind and thoughtful in their interactions with others, is honest, collaborative, and values integrity, and is committed to learning and improving every day. We are open to training the right person with a strong foundation in regulatory and policy work. This is an exciting opportunity to grow with a fast-paced, dynamic, purpose-driven company with a strong culture.

This role is based in our Denver, CO office, and will be expected to work from the office on a hybrid schedule.

• Policy & Regulatory
• Serve as primary legal counsel to the policy team on federal, state, and local energy policy and regulatory matters
• Monitor, analyze, and advise on evolving regulatory frameworks affecting renewable energy and energy storage, including market rules, interconnection, program design, contracting requirements, and compliance obligations
• With the policy team, support regulatory engagement in key proceedings before federal, state, and local regulatory bodies
• Coordinate, supervise, and manage outside counsel supporting regulatory proceedings, filings, and related compliance matters
• Provide strategic legal guidance on regulatory risk, policy positioning, and advocacy initiatives
• Support internal stakeholders in understanding and operationalizing new or changing regulations
• Engage directly with trade associations, regulators, and external advisors, as needed and in coordination with the policy team

• Energy Storage & Infrastructure
• Provide legal support for the company’s energy storage, including development, financing, and commercialization
• Advise on regulatory, permitting, and market participation issues specific to storage assets.
• Support cross-functional teams in structuring storage projects to align with applicable laws, regulations, and program design, and contracting requirements
• Assist with due diligence and regulatory analysis for new markets, products, and technologies

• Project Development & Operations (as applicable)
• Provide regulatory and permitting guidance to development teams as needed
• Support internal teams on compliance and regulatory aspects of project execution and operations
• Identify and help mitigate regulatory risks across the project lifecycle

• Legal Affairs
• Perform other in-house legal responsibilities and special projects as assigned by the Chief Legal Officer, including support on sensitive or cross-functional matters
• Exercise sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential issues and internal decision-making
• Stay current on relevant laws, regulations, and policy developments to provide timely and competent legal support
• Contribute to the development of internal legal processes, templates, and best practices as appropriate
• Perform other in-house legal responsibilities and special projects as assigned by the Chief Legal Officer, including support for additional teams as business needs evolve

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
• Admitted to practice law in at least one state
• 7+ years of relevant legal experience, with a strong emphasis on policy, regulatory, and energy or infrastructure-related matters
• Demonstrated experience advising on regulatory frameworks in the renewable energy, electric utility, energy storage, infrastructure, or adjacent industries
• Experience managing regulatory filings, proceedings, and outside counsel in a complex regulatory environment
• Strong analytical, research, and written communication skills
• Ability to translate complex regulatory concepts into practical business advice
• Strong organizational skills; highly detail-oriented; able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Demonstrated sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential and sensitive matters
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and solutions-oriented team player and a great team player 

• Experience with federal and state energy policy, utility regulation, or market rules
• Experience supporting policy or regulatory advocacy initiatives
• Experience with energy storage projects or storage-related regulatory regimes
• Familiarity with renewable energy project development and financing
• Experience working with regulators, trade associations, or industry working groups
• In-house experience in a growing or dynamic organization

Recruitment Agency Notice:

We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however, we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role.

ABOUT PIVOT

Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nation’s electricity, increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities, and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and

families.

We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families, create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry, and include robust community investment opportunities.

As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denver’s “Best Places to Work”, we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment, thriving society, and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community, our employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Learn more in our annual ESG Report.

At Pivot, our core values guide our work internally and externally:

·       Impact – We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people, communities, and the planet

·       Balance – Put family first; work hard/have fun

·       Determination – Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge

·       Professionalism – Impress everyone we touch, be a team player

·       Honesty – Be truthful and transparent, externally and internally

·       Kindness – Create an environment where kindness, empathy, and vulnerability are embraced

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT

At Pivot, we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture, rooted in mutual respect, that supports a workforce of different generations, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ability statuses, religions, and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building, celebrates each other’s successes, and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot. 

Pivot invests in company-wide trainings, assessments, and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices, such as employee allyship building, cross-cultural communications, and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.

EEO STATEMENT

Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes, empowers, and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.